On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 17:16:48 +1000, "john rigby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly:
> I almost fell off my highchair when I learned it is limited to 64k. Considering that's not true, I would have fallen out of my chair, too. > Even Civilme (the resident expert on the Newbie list) THOUGHT he was putting > me in my place by telling me that in some Govt Dept they had some typistes > *actually* using Linux and olde Star Office. BUT then went on and said they > were *using* WorpdPerfect! (Sigh) A separate and quite expensive product > (but very good) except that nobody I know outside of Civilme has ever got it > to go on and work! Are you implying that there are no places on the planet that use StarOffice? My company uses it. And all my friends with a computer do too--(non-geeks) despite having access to M$ Office. As for other companies, have you ever visited http://www.mandrakebizcase.com ? > You will need to consider some of the Doze options for some time to come, in > my *practical applications* opinion. I would consider the following practical: office productivity tasks (i.e. word processing, spreadsheets, etc.), e-mail, web browsing, listening to music (MP3/OGG), and thematic eye-candy for the weary eye. These are all no-brainers in Linux. True, Linux may lack specialty apps, like FrontPage, but what percentage of computer users need a WYSIWYG web authoring tool? > Win4Lin doesn't support anything "fancy" at all . > No sound, no fancy computational/graphical demands . Did a VMware sales rep tell you that? It does support sound, and it handles graphics fine. I use Photoshop every other day, and the only draw back is the lack of Apple's gamma loader for screen calibration which is hardly a crisis. > 4. Sensible backups to CD? Forget it! I have learned that this is a > non-event for Win4Lin for the forseeable future. You can make your own Win4Lin backup from the Linux side which, in fact, is more powerful and flexible than it could ever be in Winsux. > 5. The 8.2 Mandrake had terrific writeups in the press - but in the light of > the failures being experienced by the geek contingent on this list already, > it is a loooooong way off being real-world ready. It is actually trashing > many previously hard-won working installations! You're delusional. > 6. It appears to me to be still the most fabulous Server System in the world > and great fun for the hobbyist/masochist, but I am still highly motivated by > the continual failures of the MS OS and their draconian plans for the > future, so will keep coming back in hopes. The problem is not with Mandrake, it's with you. Seeing as that's not likely to change, I don't see much point in you coming back. > 1. I did own a specialised Networking Company before it was even called > that! So I KNOW what can go wrong. ... in what, staffing and financing issues? > I now believe that even a Civilme(expert) could take literally days to get > an existing Hardware system up and WORKABLY on line. Like I said: delusional. Civileme could get Linux running on a bread maker and in less time that it took you to spin this drivel. > NOTE: Because of the problems caused by Spammers, all email addressses must > be real ( no freeby things like Hotmail etc) You can get advance info by > going here, which is an autoresponder, and to subscribe: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you, Sinsei Spammer. > "If wanting something to be so was enough, we could create Hell, right here > on earth" > Kilneth > (Think about THAT one! :-) ) "If wanting something to be so was enough, we could send John to Mars, right here and now" Miark (Think about that one! :-P Miark
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